Picture a car version of yourself. Maybe you're a Ferrari, all brains and sleek lightness. Maybe you're a Jeep, capable of traversing the world and doing anything. Or maybe, just maybe, you're a crappy Renault built in Wisconsin. The 1980s sure were a promising time. »11/09/13 9:00am 11/09/13 9:00am

The Renault Alliance won the 1983 Motor Trend Car of the Year Award, so buyers might have figured the hatchback version- named the Encore- would combine French build quality with the financial acumen of American Motors to produce one of the finest motor vehicles of all time. Well, unfortunately, the Kenosha-ized… »6/12/08 11:00am 6/12/08 11:00am